Killing People

No, this wouldn't do.

After returning home, Wang Chen summoned the Cultivation Panel again and stared at the Human Virtue section for quite a while.

Only after confirming that the number really would not change did he close it regretfully.

The kindness he had shown Madam Chen—

Absolutely, absolutely had not been because the widow was pretty.

Besides sympathizing with someone in the same plight, Wang Chen had mainly wanted to see whether doing good deeds could earn him Human Virtue points.

After all, relying solely on killing demonized Earth Rhinoceroses made for far too limited a source.

The facts proved that this path would not work.

Wang Chen was not overly disappointed by this.

Nor did he feel that he had lost out.

"Squeak, squeak!"

A Big White Rat scampered onto the table and cupped its paws in salute to him.

Wang Chen gave it a couple of strokes. "Xiao Bai, don't be anxious. I'll go cook right away."

These days, the Xiao Bai Couple came over every day to mooch meals.

Wang Chen had become quite familiar with them.

The days of cultivation were dull.

With two such intelligent Spirit Mice keeping him company, life undoubtedly gained a touch of brightness.

So even though the Brocade Mouse had not brought over any more Spirit Stones since that day—

He did not mind at all.

"Squeak, squeak!"

The Big White Rat flicked its tail, its cries brimming with delight.

Wang Chen looked around. "Where's your husband?"

For the past few days, the two Spirit Mice had always been inseparable, lovey-dovey.

They had fed Wang Chen plenty of dog food.

The Big White Rat shook its head.

Wang Chen did not understand, nor did he think much of it. He headed into the kitchen to cook.

Dinner was still the same old three dishes.

When it came time to eat, the Brocade Mouse still did not appear.

Wang Chen kneaded the leftovers into a glutinous rice ball.

And had Xiao Bai take it back.

The mouse hole was behind the woodpile in the corner of the kitchen wall.

The original owner had lived here for five years without ever discovering it.

This pair of Spirit Mice had probably only recently moved in.

After filling his stomach, Wang Chen went to the quiet room and began his routine cultivation.

The Five Elements Technique circulated through Twelve Heavenly Cycles, filling his Dantian with Mana.

Yet his cultivation showed not the slightest improvement.

Technique: Five Elements Technique (Level Three): 299/300

Looking at the utterly motionless data on the Cultivation Panel, Wang Chen could not help but sigh.

With his pitiful Spiritual Root and comprehension, If he persisted in working tirelessly, breaking through this bottleneck should not be a problem.

But who knew whether it would take until the Year of the Monkey!

Wang Chen's greatest problem now was that his skill levels were rising at a breakneck pace.

His cultivation and combat strength simply could not keep up.

The two had become disconnected.

As a result, he could not fully unleash the power of the Great Accomplishment level Gengjin Finger.

Even when dealing with Earth Rhinoceroses, he had to proceed with utmost caution to avoid excessively damaging his meridians.

To solve this problem, Obtaining "Heavenly Merit" to carry out Fate Alteration was undoubtedly Wang Chen's best choice.

Yet he did not have the slightest clue how to obtain Heavenly Merit!

His head aching from all the thinking, Wang Chen simply stopped thinking about it.

He got into bed and went to sleep.

Closing his eyes and relaxing his body, he quickly fell into a deep slumber.

"Doggy!"

The crisp voice, carrying a hint of coquettish charm, jolted Wang Chen awake.

He turned to look.

To his astonishment, he found himself sitting on a park bench.

Flowers bloomed all around him, their fragrance filling the air.

And beside him—

Sat a pretty, adorable girl.

Wang Chen was dumbfounded.

Her face was so familiar.

She was clearly his first love from university!

"Doggy, have you gone stupid?"

His first love smiled and made a face at Wang Chen. "Silly dog."

Wang Chen could not help reaching out, wanting to touch her face.

They had dated for four years.

Yet, like most college couples, they had broken up after graduation because of reality.

They had never met again, even after Wang Chen transmigrated.

He had heard that she had gone abroad.

Many times, Wang Chen had dreamed of her.

His first love giggled and dodged his wandering hand.

Resting her head on Wang Chen's shoulder, she whispered, "Doggy, you have to be well."

Then she bit down on Wang Chen's earlobe.

Wang Chen's soul drifted beyond the clouds.

He wished only for time to remain frozen in this moment forever.

But Wang Chen soon realized something was wrong.

Why was his first love biting harder and harder? Why did his ear hurt more and more?

The pain forcibly woke Wang Chen.

He struggled to open his eyes, trying to sit up.

But his limbs and bones felt as though they had been filled with lead, too heavy to move.

A sweet fragrance entered Wang Chen's nose.

It left his head groggy and muddled.

"Chirp chirp" sounds came from beside his ear.

Along with a furry touch.

It was Xiao Bai!

"Creak~"

At that moment, the previously locked door was pushed open.

Wang Chen strained to turn his head.

He saw a man in black enter the room.

The other man held a dagger that gleamed with cold light.

Though Wang Chen could not make out his features in the darkness—

The malice and Killing Intent emanating from him made Wang Chen feel as if he had fallen into an icy abyss.

He had come to kill him!

No!

A silent roar erupted from Wang Chen's heart.

He did not want to die.

He did not want to be killed like this without even understanding why!!

Yet at this moment, Wang Chen could not move. The Mana in his meridians and Dantian seemed to have frozen solid.

What should he do?

Xiao Bai, by his ear, seemed to have heard his thoughts.

And bit down hard again.

Pain! Pain! Pain!

The searing pain jolted Wang Chen awake.

His stagnant Mana suddenly "came alive."

Without a moment's thought, driven entirely by instinct, Wang Chen flicked out the index and middle fingers of his right hand.

Pressing them together into a Sword Finger!

In an instant, an incomparably fierce blast of Geng Metal Qi energy shot forth.

The dim room suddenly blazed bright as a dazzling arc of light tore through the air and struck the black-clad man's left temple.

The instant the beam of Qi hit him, a clear, shimmering protection spiritual light abruptly flared from his body.

Yet the Geng Metal Qi energy pierced through this layer of protection spiritual light without the slightest hindrance, boring through the black-clad man's skull and bursting out from his right temple!

The black-clad man's entire body jolted.

Disbelief filled his eyes, and his face swiftly twisted.

His throat made a gurgling sound as he tried to say something.

But after standing rigidly for a moment, the dagger in his hand clanged to the floor.

Then his whole body toppled to the ground.

He was dead.

"Cough, cough!"

Wang Chen, lying on the bed, let out a long breath, then began coughing violently beyond his control.

Blood sprayed from both his mouth and nose.

The two fingers of his right hand were already split open, raw and dripping with blood!

Having exhausted all his strength to kill the intruder, Wang Chen's consciousness quickly began to blur again.

He fell unconscious once more.

He did not even notice the notification that appeared in his field of vision.

Dong~

A deep, distant tolling of a bell.

It awakened the sleeping man on the bed.

It was the hour of the Rabbit.

Wang Chen blinked, staring blankly at the ceiling.

His memories gradually returned, piece by piece.

"I'm not dead?"

Wang Chen raised his right hand and saw his bloodstained, faintly aching fingers.

Only then did he finally come fully awake.

He struggled to sit up from the bed.

Then he spotted the corpse lying in the room, as well as the open door.

This wasn't a dream!

The intruder lay face-down on the floor, a patch of dried blood spread beneath his head.

Gray-white brain matter was mixed into it.

The stench of blood hung in the air.

"I killed someone."

Wang Chen thought.

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